Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Senior Development Seminar: Defense Institute of International Legal Studies
Ted Feifer and Mary Hope Schwoebel led a seminar at the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) in Newport, Rhode Island for twenty-seven military officers and civilian government officials from seventeen countries, October 29-31, 2008.
Training USIP's Iraqi SENSE Team in Istanbul
USIP's effort to re-launch our SENSE program in Iraq was successfully initiated October 28th through November 8th, 2008 during an intensive training session in Istanbul, Turkey. Five USIP staff members from DC, as well as four DC SENSE team members, were joined there by 21 members of the Iraqi SENSE team and two staff members of USIP’s Baghdad Office.
Foreign Policy Dialogue Among Emerging Leaders in Turkey and the U.S.
ETC/I Trainers Ted Feifer and Linda Bishai led a program on conflict resolution skills for Turkish emerging leaders on behalf of the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program, in Washington, October 27, 2008.
Negotiation Training Workshop for Junior Egyptian Diplomats
Ted Feifer and Mike Lekson held a two-day negotiations training workshop in Washington for 39 junior diplomats from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Institute for Diplomatic Studies, on October 21-22, 2008.
CoESPU Seminar on Negotiations for Police in Peacekeeping Environments
Ted Feifer and Mary Hope Schwoebel delivered two one-day workshops on negotiations and mediation in peacekeeping operations to 150 international stability police officers at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU), in Vicenza, Italy, on October 15-16, 2008.
Kenya Youth Workshop
In the rugged highlands of Laikipia at the Gallman Memorial Wildlife Conservancy, Kenyan youth met for three days to turn energy and creativity into projects with goals, targeted audiences and intended outcomes. The workshop was facilitated by USIP Senior Program Officer Jacki Wilson with consultant Dr. Eran Fraenkel.
In the Field: Niger
USIP conducted a conflict resolution workshop on behalf of the US Embassy in Niger. The Nigerien High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace had approached the US Embassy to conduct the workshop for leaders with influence in Nigerien society. USIP trainers Jacqueline Wilson and Nina Sughrue conducted a three-day workshop in mid-October in the remote corner of Niger's Park W national park near their borders with Burkina Faso and Benin for 25 representatives of parliament and ministries, as ...
Problems in Negotiations
Ted Feifer and Linda Bishai of the Education and Training Center/ International conducted a first workshop on Problems in Negotiation for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, September 17-19, 2008.
In the Field: Building Local Conflict Resolution Capacity in Afghanistan
Senior Program Officers Keith Bowen and Nina Sughrue, in conjunction with a local partner, recently conducted a training workshop in conflict resolution in Kabul for 34 Afghans from across the NGO spectrum. The objective was to synthesize traditional Afghan and USIP-based methods of conflict resolution.
Iraqi Youth Visit USIP for One-Day Training Workshop
The Institute’s Education and Training Center/International hosted a group of Iraqi youth from many parts of Iraq on August 25.